Improvement in mangles



. H. SCHUETT.

Mangles. NQ 153 1.99, Patentedjuly 28,1874.'`

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. SCHUETI, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN MANGLES.

Specification forming part of Letters PatentNo. 153,499, dated July 28, 1574; application `tiled March 4, 1874.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN H. SCHUETT, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Mangles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings making a part of this specification, in which- Figure lis a perspective. Fig. 2 is a vertical section from front to back, and Fig. 3 is a vertical section from side to side.

Similar' letters of reference indicate like parts.

rFhe nature of my invention relates toanew and improved machine for 1n angling or smoothing clothes, such as are usually ironed by means of sad-irons, and has for its object the rapid and thorough execution of such work, as well as the cheapness, convenience, and neatness in appearance of the machine.

In the drawing, A A is the housing or frame-work of the machine, which is made in imitation of a cabinet, with doors B B in the front, whereby all the working parts can be put under lock and key. The two side walls have attached to their interior two Tguides, C C, running from the bottom to the top of the same. These guides receive a sash, D, wherein is journaled the topmost roller E. Just below this roller the sash D is provided with two slots, d d, which allow the journals of driving-roller F to pass through them freely, and which slots retain said roller to its place. One journal of roller F is extended so` as to pass outside the entire structure, where it is made square to receive a crank. The said slots d el also give room for the journals of roller G, which is journaled in boxes attached to the walls of the frame. A tray, H, is permanently attached to the lower end of the sash, which receives a heavy weight, consisting of stone, sand, or other cheap material, while that part of the tray not thus occupied may be used as a receptacle for soiled clothes. To the middle or driving roller F is attached a ap of strong cloth, j', on which the substance to be smoothed is first placed, and which, with the roller, takes in the goods in a reliable manner. A drop-leaf, I, just below the roller F, serves as a support for the goods to be mangled.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The doors being thrown open, and the leaf I dropped to its place, a garment or other piece is placed on the iiap f, and motion being given the roller F in the direction of the arrow marked thereon, the piece with flap f is rolled around the roller F, and between it and rollers E and Gr. The weight attached to the sash, forces roller E, which is journaled in said sash down on F, and this force is then transmitted on roller G, which is journaled in fixed bearings g g. The variation in the thickness of goods is compensated for easily by the construction as above set forth. Two or more pieces may be inserted in one operation, and when completed, by reversing the motion of the crank, the goods are again laid on the leaf I, whence they may be folded and laid aside.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with the mangle-rollers E F G and weighted sash D, the drop-leaf I, con.- structed as described, to serve as a support for the flap f while in use, and as a door to inclose the said rollers when not in use, as set forth.

JOHN H. SCHUETT.

Attest:

T. VAN KANNEL, HENRY SCHUETT. 

